PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Palmares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel De Bruin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lionel De Bruin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Palmares
vs
De Bruin

181 cm
37
218 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

188 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodrigo Palmares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lionel De Bruin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Bruin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Palmares is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Bruin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Palmares is one step ahead there.
Palmares lands a couple of elbows.
Palmares lands a couple of digs.
Palmares working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Bruin's head.
Palmares working some strikes from top position.

De Bruin is rocked!
Palmares postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! De Bruin covers up, he's hurt! Palmares keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Palmares and the ref steps in to end the fight! Palmares can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Palmares!
Rodrigo Palmares managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition, into his post fight interview.